Bipolar Disorder Support Group

Bipolar disorder is not just a single disorder, but a category of mood disorders marked by periods of abnormally high energy and euphoria, often accompanied by bouts of clinical depression. This is the place to talk about your experience with bipolar disorder, learn from others' experiences, and find support.

Hello...again

I don't understand what is wrong with me that I just pop in and out, but I have been. My kids have 4+ appointments a week each + school so I have been pretty overwhelmed since school started. Plus, my oldest just started hockey which is starting to eat up my weekends too. My 2 year old is going through his special education eligibility evaluations and I am just drained.

I don't think I was ever able to be online for any kind of support group daily or every other day until my boys were teenagers and driving. Its hard when you have to cart kiddo's everywhere all the days of the week. Its extra hard when you don't particularly feel great and want to be running all over town all the time, so I hope your taking a little time for yourself somewhere in the crazyness and letting your batteries recharge.

I had 4 kids, 3 in hockey, 2 in rep and my daughter was a competitive figure skater. Most weeks we had 17-18 ice slots. Starting at 4 am some days, the oldest one practicing from 11:30-12:30 am at night!

I was also working part time, working on grades for flute, and very involved in our church. Always there on Sunday morning, and the kids were in a Wednesday program for kids and that was my orchestra practice. That was just before I got a bipolar diagnosis.

Do you want to bet I was hypomanic to do all that? Seriously! It was insane! I finally got depressed one summer, when things slowed down to swimming in the pool next door, which I didn’t have to drive them to, golfing which the boys rode to, and the occasional elite summer hockey tournament,. So I saw my family doctor, and he sent me to a pdoc, who took 20 minutes to diagnose me. But he was right!

So, one thing to have bipolar, but I kept up the grueling pace, developed severe asthma, then allergy shots triggered severe RA.

I just want to say to young mothers, take care of yourself! It is not a sprint to the finish line with raising children. Hockey in itself, if you place the top levels of rep is a jealous, angry, greedy process, with mind games demanding the max from parents. I finally got elected to the executive, and then people handled me with kid gloves. By then, they needed them. I was an angry mess! Plus the ice time, and the glamour of making the NHL always luring you to put them in one more elite hockey tournament..

My boys both played major junior, one went pro, the other used his scholarship to get a business degree and now he is an up and coming CA, on his way to being made partner in a large accounting firm.

I do think sports, music, or other activities are very important for kids to learn team work, socializing, and how to lose! And it is always an asset later on. Well, and golf. Our middle boys golfed extensively in summer, one became very good, which he uses in business!

But, make sure you make time for yourself. A bubble bath, a walk in the park, maybe a weekend retreat, if you can afford it,. (We never could!). And remember one day they will be grown up and you will be proud you put so much time and effort into raising them up!

MarleneJ - It's so funny you say time for yourself. My sister is taking my boys overnight tomorrow so that my husband and I can have a date night to celebrate both of our birthdays. Mine was the 9th and his is Sunday.

I have no idea how you managed all of that. The more things that get added, the more I forget. He wants to learn to play instruments on top of the sports. My little guy is definitely going to do something musical. He is starting to make up his own songs at 2.5. It doesn't mean he's going to have a career in music, but I definitely know music lessons are in our near future.

yes Kat me too, I am so glad mine are grown and gone, phew! hey ritkat, great to see you. glad to hear you are taking a break to ceelbrate your birthdays. have a great time. when my kids were small, I used to get a sitter sometimes just to have an hour to myself to take a bath or go for a walk or go shopping or whatever. it was so worth it. be kind to yourself. you're doing an amazing job.hugs

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